Moon to Mars

The first lunar eclipse visible in some parts of the US in over three years, Thursday night's reddening of the familiar grey moon promises a memorable show.

Mars Odyssey scientists are prospecting the Red Planet for future explorers. The evidence of polar ice and dissolved potassium from rocks, together continues to build the case for glacial martian history, but its intense radiation would challenge unprotected life.

Computer simulations of what part of Earth, Mars and Venus might be found on the moon point to new methods for extraterrestrial sample return.

Resolve the fifty-year old mystery of how an Oklahoma amateur astronomer might have captured on film an event rare enough to happen once a century.

Thirty years ago today, the astronauts of Apollo 17 began the final human visit to the Moon. Relive the drama and majesty of the voyage by viewing the Apollo 17 Anniversary Commemorative Visualization. And learn how scientists and space agencies around the world are gearing